S 4613 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act

Introduced Sep 17, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor John Boozman R-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 17, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedSep 17, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act

This bill (1) requires prescribers of contact lenses to conspicuously post notice that the prescriber is required to provide a copy of the contact lens prescription to the patient, (2) prohibits prescribers from requiring patients to acknowledge a contact lens prescription release in writing or electronically, and (3) prohibits automated telephone calls to verify a prescription.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2020 to Dec 8, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Sep 17, 2020
R-KY	Rand Paul	Original	Sep 17, 2020
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Sep 17, 2020
R-GA	David Perdue		Sep 30, 2020
I-WV	Joe Manchin III		Sep 30, 2020
R-OK	James Lankford		Oct 22, 2020
R-WY	John Barrasso		Oct 22, 2020
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Oct 22, 2020
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Oct 22, 2020
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Oct 22, 2020
R-MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith		Oct 26, 2020
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Oct 26, 2020
D-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Nov 16, 2020
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Nov 30, 2020
R-LA	John Kennedy		Nov 30, 2020

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Actions 2

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Sep 17, 2020Introduced in Senate
Sep 17, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Subjects

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Sep 17, 2020Introduced in Senate

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